PRAY|THE|REVOLUTION

I’m excited about many things right now.  The graduation for the current Intro class is tomorrow, the new class starts a week from Friday, we finally, after a year, have our furniture in our house, and I’m leaving for Detroit tomorrow!

Whew!  I’ll be speaking 7 times at a house of prayer there on prophecy and the fire of God.

As I was going over one of my sermons, I felt impressed to post a portion of the introductory chapter of my book Revelation Driven Prayer:

Listen. Can you hear His voice? What’s He saying?

Those questions have probably frustrated more people through the ages than we could fathom. Books have been written about unanswered prayer. The walls of pastor’s and counselor’s offices have soaked up countless quotes like, “I don’t hear God”. “God doesn’t talk to me.” “I have no idea what I’m supposed to do”. And then, like clockwork, the question is asked to the counselor, “What do YOU think I should do?”

After all, to ask that question of someone we can see, and someone who can hear us, not to mention someone who will instantly talk back… audibly… so we can hear… seems to make a lot of sense. Certainly that person has the answers we’re looking for, right? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no.

In fact, if we are to fulfill our ministry, and if we are to move into uncharted territories, the majority of our direction will simply have to come directly from God himself. Others have not been where we are going!

1 Cor 2:5 (NKJV) …your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

If, throughout the bible, God causes men and women to do things that defy human logic, why do we resort to common sense when making decisions in our lives? If God told Gideon to secure only 1% of his army to go into battle, which obviously defies solidly time-tested military wisdom, why don’t we consider that God may also cause us to advance in our lives via untraditional and even bizarre means?

Job 11:7 (NIV) “Can you fathom the mysteries of God?

Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?”

Mysteries! God has an impossible job for us to accomplish, and it is going to take creative ideas to fulfill our mission. If we cannot hear God, how can we confidently make decisions? On the contrary, if we do hear God, we will have the boldness and confidence to move ahead regardless of how foolish it may seem. We trust that God is much smarter, wiser and more powerful than our friends, our pastor, our counselors and ourselves.

Romans 11:33 (NIV) Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

1 Cor 1:25 (NKJV) Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

So, if we are operating in the Rhema wisdom of God, and that wisdom blows away the wisdom of man, that means many times God will be calling us to do something very different than what common sense or human wisdom would suggest. The advice in the counselor’s office just won’t cut it sometimes!

Is this to say we should never seek counsel? Of course not! The bible states clearly that there is safety in a multitude of counselors. Absolutely! However, to default to human logic in neglect of the present voice of God Himself is a very average, not to say dangerous way to live.

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